Origin of the Epithet Nīlakaṇṭha (Śiva swallowing poison) - Verse 101
Brahmanda Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 25 · Verse 101
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Sanskrit Original
शमायत्यशुभं घोरं दुःखप्नं चापकर्षति। स्त्रीषु वल्लभतां याति सभायां पार्थिवस्य च।।
śamāyatyaśubhaṃ ghoraṃ duḥkhapnaṃ cāpakarṣati| strīṣu vallabhatāṃ yāti sabhāyāṃ pārthivasya ca||
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Eulogy of God Śiva: It subdues all terrible inauspicious features. It dispels and decreases (the effect of) evil dreams. The person attains the state of a lover uṇto women and an honourable person in the council of the king.